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HGF Alliance: Remote Sensing and Earth System DynamicsPresented by Irena Hajnsek ‐ DLR‐HR/ ETH
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The Team
Principal Investigator German Aerospace Center (DLR)Microwaves and Radar Institute
Scientific Coordinators German Aerospace Center (DLR)Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), German Research Center for Geoscience (GFZ), Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), German Research Center for Environmental Health (HGMU), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Philipps‐University Marburg (PUM), Technical University Munich (TUM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Friedrich‐Alexander University Erlangen‐Nuremberg (FAU), University Hamburg (UHH), Ludwig Maximillian University Munich (LMU), University Potsdam (UP), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ)
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SocietalChallenges
Climate
Environment
Disasters
Resources
Next Generation of Remote Sensing Satellites
Satellites GroundSegment
Remote Sensing Productsand Earth System Dynamics
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Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics (EDA)
The key objective of the Helmholtz Alliance is to prepare the participating institutions for the generation, utilization and integration of bio/geo‐physical products provided by the next generation radar remote sensing missions by:
developing/validating bio/geo‐physical information products
integrating the physical products into models
improving the understanding/modeling of dynamic processes
establishing a network between Helmholtz centers/Universities
providing a unique forum for education
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Cryosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere
Examples of Research Topics Interactions
DataModellingMethodsProducts
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Alliance Structure
Working Packages (WPs):• Biosphere: 08 WPs• Geosphere: 12 WPs• Hydrosphere: 11 WPs• Cryosphere: 09 WPs
External Advisory Board/ User Board
3 Levels of Networking
within a work package
within a research topic
between research topics
Knowledge Exchange
scientific workshops (2x yearly)
Alliance Week (1x yearly)
Progress Reviewed
steering committee meetings (16 members)(every 3‐4 months)
advisory committee meeting (yearly)Page 8
Participants HGF Alliance Week: 2013 ‐ 2015Kick‐off 2012
Alliance 2013
Alliance 2015
Alliance 2014
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User Survey
Objectives
Presentation of the EDA product catalogue to potential users
EDA scientists receive responses about specific user requirements
Invited User Community
Public authorities, insurers, environmental organizations, research institutions etc.
Launch of the questionnaire
Late 2015
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Homepagehttp://hgf‐eda.de/
Active Components:
Announcements
Research Highlight
Upcoming Events
Publications
New Components
EDA Scientists in Action
Upcoming: Data Publication
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BiosphereThe HGF‐EDA Biosphere Team
Overarching Scientific QuestionsBiosphere
1. Which is the total amount of above‐ground forest biomass and how is its spatial distribution on a global scale?
2. How is forest structure and above‐ground forest biomass changing over time?
3. Where are changes occurring? Where are anthropogenic changes occurring and to which extent?
4. How is climate change affecting forest stability? How are regional climate conditions and anthropogenic factors changing forest structure and forest biomass?
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GeosphereThe HGF‐EDA Geosphere Team
Overarching Scientific QuestionsGeosphere
1. Is it possible to measure the strain accumulation in plate boundaries (scales >> 1000km²) and by this to improve the forecast model of a specific earthquake?
2. Which are the location and extension of the rupture zones caused by an earthquake? How much energy is accumulated before, and released during an earthquake and during the postseismic relaxation?
3. Can the hazards of volcanic regions be estimated by means of the surface deformation measurement? How are volcanoes coupled to their surrounding?
4. Which influence have processes in the hydrosphere and cryosphere as well as the use of underground water reservoirs on georisks like landslide and surface deformation?
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HydrosphereThe HGF‐EDA Hydrosphere Team
Overarching Scientific QuestionsHydrosphere
1. Which is the influence of soil moisture patterns on groundwater, runoff and soil water storage in meso‐scale catchments?
2. How strong is the temporal and spatial variation in soil moisture coupled with regional climate (and weather) changes?
3. Which role does the spatial and temporal dynamics in soil moisture play in evaporation‐ and transpiration processes? How does it influence energy transport between soil and atmosphere?
4. How can near‐realtime spaceborne observations help improve water cycle predictions for resource‐efficient automated agricultural management (irrigation, fertilization, etc.)?
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CryosphereThe HGF‐EDA Cryosphere Team
Overarching Scientific QuestionsCryosphere
1. How are glaciers and ice caps changing with respect to climate change? What are the mechanisms that induce these changes and how can they be better observed and monitored?
2. Which processes drive the current mass loss of the large ice sheets? How can we reduce the uncertainties in our current quantifications of ice mass changes?
3. How are regional and global environmental climate factors changing the snow cover extent and how can we better quantify the snow water equivalent?
4. How can measurements with high spatial and time resolution improve sea ice classification as well as the modelling of sea ice rheology?
5. Where and how are permafrost areas changing over space and time? What is the contribution of permafrost to greenhouse gas emission?
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EDA in Numbers
132 EDA Members
44 EDA PhDStudents
24 EDA PostDocs
42 Peer‐ReviewedPublications
12 Awards
8 Research Topics Workshops
3 Alliance Weeks
6 Tutorials withinthe Alliance
10 Summer schools
26 Young Scientist Exchanges
17 Campaigns
25 Third‐Party Revenues
19 Invitedinternational
Experts
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